The final four entrants into the largest buy in of online history returned on Sunday to duke it out head sup style for the first prize of $560,000. David Singer, Brian $tinger88 Hastings, Andy Bloch, and ‘whitelime’ all came out to play their heads up matches. The final four matches saw Brian Hastings square off against David Singer and ‘whitelime’ taking on Andy Bloch. The winners of these matches would guarantee themselves a payday of $320,000 with a shot at the first place prize of $560,000 while the losers of the final four matches would be consoled by a payday of $168,000. Bloch took an early lead in the match with a raise on the turn in the following hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560538358: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 140/280 Ante 25 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:07:01 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (78,554)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (81,446)
whitelime antes 25
Andy Bloch antes 25
Andy Bloch posts the small blind of 140
whitelime posts the big blind of 280
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Andy Bloch raises to 777
whitelime calls 497
*** FLOP *** [6d 3h Th]
whitelime checks
Andy Bloch bets 777
whitelime raises to 2,525
Andy Bloch calls 1,748
*** TURN *** [6d 3h Th] [8h]
whitelime bets 5,820
Andy Bloch has 15 seconds left to act
Andy Bloch raises to 15,114
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
whitelime folds
Uncalled bet of 9,294 returned to Andy Bloch
Andy Bloch mucks
Andy Bloch wins the pot (18,294)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18,294 | Rake 0
Board: [6d 3h Th 8h]
Seat 1: whitelime (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (small blind) collected (18,294), mucked

In the other match, Brian Hastings took an early lead over David Singer with a bet in the following pot.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560572360: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 2 – 140/280 Ante 25 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:09:43 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: David Singer (80,250)
Seat 2: Brian Hastings (79,750)
David Singer antes 25
Brian Hastings antes 25
Brian Hastings posts the small blind of 140
David Singer posts the big blind of 280
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Brian Hastings calls 140
David Singer checks
*** FLOP *** [9d 4s Ac]
David Singer checks
Brian Hastings bets 450
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer raises to 1,500
Brian Hastings calls 1,050
*** TURN *** [9d 4s Ac] [Jc]
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer checks
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings bets 2,250
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer calls 2,250
*** RIVER *** [9d 4s Ac Jc] [6d]
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer checks
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings bets 6,750
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer folds
Uncalled bet of 6,750 returned to Brian Hastings
Brian Hastings mucks
Brian Hastings wins the pot (8,110)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,110 | Rake 0
Board: [9d 4s Ac Jc 6d]
Seat 1: David Singer (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: Brian Hastings (small blind) collected (8,110), mucked

Singer used his preflop raises and position playing strategy to chip back up slowly to an even stack of 80,000 chips. The Singer/Hastings match was primarily a preflop match early. Bloch used his fast and pressure filled strategy to take down the following hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560684189: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 170/340 Ante 25 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:18:39 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (72,529)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (87,471)
whitelime antes 25
Andy Bloch antes 25
Andy Bloch posts the small blind of 170
whitelime posts the big blind of 340
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Andy Bloch raises to 888
whitelime raises to 2,850
Andy Bloch calls 1,962
*** FLOP *** [4c 9h 8d]
whitelime checks
Andy Bloch has 15 seconds left to act
Andy Bloch bets 3,000
whitelime folds
Uncalled bet of 3,000 returned to Andy Bloch
Andy Bloch mucks
Andy Bloch wins the pot (5,750)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,750 | Rake 0
Board: [4c 9h 8d]
Seat 1: whitelime (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (small blind) collected (5,750), mucked

‘whitelime’ took a pot back here to get himself close to the starting stacks of even.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560705732: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 170/340 Ante 25 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:20:24 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (71,272)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (88,728)
whitelime antes 25
Andy Bloch antes 25
whitelime posts the small blind of 170
Andy Bloch posts the big blind of 340
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime raises to 1,070
Andy Bloch calls 730
*** FLOP *** [3c Jc 6d]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime checks
*** TURN *** [3c Jc 6d] [Ah]
Andy Bloch has 15 seconds left to act
Andy Bloch bets 1,040
whitelime raises to 3,250
Andy Bloch has 15 seconds left to act
Andy Bloch calls 2,210
*** RIVER *** [3c Jc 6d Ah] [4c]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime bets 5,350
Andy Bloch folds
Uncalled bet of 5,350 returned to whitelime
whitelime mucks
whitelime wins the pot (8,690)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,690 | Rake 0
Board: [3c Jc 6d Ah 4c]
Seat 1: whitelime (small blind) collected (8,690), mucked
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (big blind) folded on the River

‘whitelime’ continued his winning ways when his bet payed off in the following pot to get him a lead in the match.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560738314: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 170/340 Ante 25 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:23:02 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (79,668)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (80,332)
whitelime antes 25
Andy Bloch antes 25
whitelime posts the small blind of 170
Andy Bloch posts the big blind of 340
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime raises to 1,070
Andy Bloch calls 730
*** FLOP *** [Ks Jh 7d]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime bets 1,620
Andy Bloch calls 1,620
*** TURN *** [Ks Jh 7d] [5h]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime bets 3,950
Andy Bloch calls 3,950
*** RIVER *** [Ks Jh 7d 5h] [4d]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime bets 9,800
Andy Bloch folds
Uncalled bet of 9,800 returned to whitelime
whitelime mucks
whitelime wins the pot (13,330)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,330 | Rake 0
Board: [Ks Jh 7d 5h 4d]
Seat 1: whitelime (small blind) collected (13,330), mucked
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (big blind) folded on the River

‘whitelime’ is continuing his role in the following hand where he takes the biggest pot of either match.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560763441: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 170/340 Ante 25 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:25:04 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (87,075)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (72,925)
whitelime antes 25
Andy Bloch antes 25
Andy Bloch posts the small blind of 170
whitelime posts the big blind of 340
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Andy Bloch raises to 888
whitelime calls 548
*** FLOP *** [7c Tc 4d]
whitelime checks
Andy Bloch bets 888
whitelime raises to 2,850
Andy Bloch calls 1,962
*** TURN *** [7c Tc 4d] [9h]
whitelime checks
Andy Bloch checks
*** RIVER *** [7c Tc 4d 9h] [Ts]
whitelime bets 6,875
Andy Bloch calls 6,875
*** SHOW DOWN ***
whitelime shows [8h Th] three of a kind, Tens
Andy Bloch mucks
whitelime wins the pot (21,276) with three of a kind, Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21,276 | Rake 0
Board: [7c Tc 4d 9h Ts]
Seat 1: whitelime (big blind) collected (21,276)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (small blind) mucked

Singer and ‘whitelime’ continued to build their leads. Singer did so in the following hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560834569: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 2 – 200/400 Ante 50 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:30:50 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: David Singer (87,820)
Seat 2: Brian Hastings (72,180)
David Singer antes 50
Brian Hastings antes 50
Brian Hastings posts the small blind of 200
David Singer posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Brian Hastings raises to 1,300
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer raises to 4,800
Brian Hastings calls 3,500
*** FLOP *** [Qc 4h Qh]
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer bets 2,000
Brian Hastings calls 2,000
*** TURN *** [Qc 4h Qh] [3c]
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer checks
Brian Hastings checks
*** RIVER *** [Qc 4h Qh 3c] [3s]
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer checks
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
David Singer shows [Kc As] two pair, Queens and Threes
Brian Hastings mucks
David Singer wins the pot (13,700) with two pair, Queens and Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,700 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc 4h Qh 3c 3s]
Seat 1: David Singer (big blind) collected (13,700)
Seat 2: Brian Hastings (small blind) mucked

While Singer was building his lead, ‘whitelime’ was doing the same thing in his match with Andy Bloch.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560881651: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 200/400 Ante 50 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:34:40 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (88,794)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (71,206)
whitelime antes 50
Andy Bloch antes 50
whitelime posts the small blind of 200
Andy Bloch posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime raises to 1,200
Andy Bloch calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Qd 6h Th]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime bets 2,000
Andy Bloch calls 2,000
*** TURN *** [Qd 6h Th] [4h]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime bets 4,400
Andy Bloch calls 4,400
*** RIVER *** [Qd 6h Th 4h] [7s]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
whitelime bets 12,400
Andy Bloch folds
Uncalled bet of 12,400 returned to whitelime
whitelime mucks
whitelime wins the pot (15,300)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15,300 | Rake 0
Board: [Qd 6h Th 4h 7s]
Seat 1: whitelime (small blind) collected (15,300), mucked
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (big blind) folded on the River

David Singer furthered his lead in this hand with the new biggest pot of the day where there wasn’t even a flop. Singer made his standard button raise, and after Hastings put in a quick three bet, Singer moved all in but wasn’t called, putting him over the 100,000 chip mark.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6560964055: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 2 – 250/500 Ante 50 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:41:25 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: David Singer (92,020)
Seat 2: Brian Hastings (67,980)
David Singer antes 50
Brian Hastings antes 50
Brian Hastings posts the small blind of 250
David Singer posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Brian Hastings raises to 1,600
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer raises to 5,000
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings raises to 13,550
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer raises to 91,970, and is all in
Brian Hastings folds
Uncalled bet of 78,420 returned to David Singer
David Singer mucks
David Singer wins the pot (27,200)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27,200 | Rake 0
Seat 1: David Singer (big blind) collected (27,200), mucked
Seat 2: Brian Hastings (small blind) folded before the Flop

‘whitelime’ continued his run when he took the following hand off Bloch giving him a 7:1 chip lead.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6561378916: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 400/800 Ante 100 – No Limit Hold’em – 17:16:17 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (125,266)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (34,734)
whitelime antes 100
Andy Bloch antes 100
whitelime posts the small blind of 400
Andy Bloch posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime raises to 1,600
Andy Bloch calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Th Qh 6h]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime checks
*** TURN *** [Th Qh 6h] [Ac]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime bets 2,200
Andy Bloch calls 2,200
*** RIVER *** [Th Qh 6h Ac] [3s]
Andy Bloch checks
whitelime bets 5,900
Andy Bloch has 15 seconds left to act
Andy Bloch calls 5,900
*** SHOW DOWN ***
whitelime shows [9s Ad] a pair of Aces
Andy Bloch mucks
whitelime wins the pot (19,600) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19,600 | Rake 0
Board: [Th Qh 6h Ac 3s]
Seat 1: whitelime (small blind) collected (19,600)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (big blind) mucked

Andy Bloch was crippled down to his last 12,000 chips before getting all the money in .

Full Tilt Poker Game #6561449618: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 500/1000 Ante 125 – No Limit Hold’em – 17:22:16 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (145,266)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (14,734)
whitelime antes 125
Andy Bloch antes 125
Andy Bloch posts the small blind of 500
whitelime posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Andy Bloch calls 500
whitelime raises to 145,141, and is all in
Andy Bloch calls 13,609, and is all in
whitelime shows [3s As]
Andy Bloch shows [2s Ah]
Uncalled bet of 130,532 returned to whitelime
*** FLOP *** [Ac Ad 2d]
*** TURN *** [Ac Ad 2d] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Ad 2d 7s] [8s]
whitelime shows three of a kind, Aces
Andy Bloch shows a full house, Aces full of Twos
Andy Bloch wins the pot (29,468) with a full house, Aces full of Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29,468 | Rake 0
Board: [Ac Ad 2d 7s 8s]
Seat 1: whitelime (big blind) showed [3s As] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (small blind) showed [2s Ah] and won (29,468) with a full house, Aces full of Twos

All the money got in the middle in the Bloch match and Andy couldn’t catch up, leaving the winner ‘whitelime.’

Full Tilt Poker Game #6561468933: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 500/1000 Ante 125 – No Limit Hold’em – 17:23:53 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (133,032)
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (26,968)
whitelime antes 125
Andy Bloch antes 125
whitelime posts the small blind of 500
Andy Bloch posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime raises to 2,000
Andy Bloch raises to 26,843, and is all in
whitelime calls 24,843
Andy Bloch shows [Ac Tc]
whitelime shows [7h 7c]
*** FLOP *** [9c 4h 8h]
*** TURN *** [9c 4h 8h] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [9c 4h 8h 2d] [9d]
Andy Bloch shows a pair of Nines
whitelime shows two pair, Nines and Sevens
whitelime wins the pot (53,936) with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Andy Bloch stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 53,936 | Rake 0
Board: [9c 4h 8h 2d 9d]
Seat 1: whitelime (small blind) showed [7h 7c] and won (53,936) with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Seat 2: Andy Bloch (big blind) showed [Ac Tc] and lost with a pair of Nines

David Singer also got all the money in the middle with his pocket fives against pocket nines. He flopped a five in order to send hismelf into the finals to play ‘whitelime’ for the $560,000 first place prize. Singer and ‘whitelime’ played fairly small pots early. Little action went on as the two felt each other out. Singer continued to hold his lead with constant three bets and four bets to slowly chip ‘whitelime’ down to a 3:1 disadvantage. The following hand is an example of how Singer used his agressiveness to push around ‘whitelime.’

Full Tilt Poker Game #6562159920: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 600/1200 Ante 150 – No Limit Hold’em – 18:21:44 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (59,150)
Seat 2: David Singer (260,850)
whitelime antes 150
David Singer antes 150
David Singer posts the small blind of 600
whitelime posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
David Singer raises to 2,400
whitelime calls 1,200
*** FLOP *** [7h 3s Tc]
whitelime checks
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer bets 3,000
whitelime folds
Uncalled bet of 3,000 returned to David Singer
David Singer mucks
David Singer wins the pot (5,100)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,100 | Rake 0
Board: [7h 3s Tc]
Seat 1: whitelime (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: David Singer (small blind) collected (5,100), mucked

Chipping down, ‘whitelime’ shoved all in and was called, reavealing a mild 10-3 off to combat Singer’s pocket eights. Singer held, ending the match very quickly and winning himself $560,000. ‘whitelime’ finished the event in second for $320,000.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6562201695: $25K Heads-Up Championship (49738779), Table 1 – 800/1600 Ante 200 – No Limit Hold’em – 18:25:16 ET – 2008/05/25
Seat 1: whitelime (59,700)
Seat 2: David Singer (260,300)
whitelime antes 200
David Singer antes 200
whitelime posts the small blind of 800
David Singer posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
whitelime calls 800
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer raises to 5,200
whitelime raises to 59,500, and is all in
David Singer has 15 seconds left to act
David Singer calls 54,300
whitelime shows [Th 3d]
David Singer shows [8h 8c]
*** FLOP *** [9c Qs 9d]
*** TURN *** [9c Qs 9d] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [9c Qs 9d Jc] [Ah]
whitelime shows a pair of Nines
David Singer shows two pair, Nines and Eights
David Singer wins the pot (119,400) with two pair, Nines and Eights
whitelime stands up
David Singer stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 119,400 | Rake 0
Board: [9c Qs 9d Jc Ah]
Seat 1: whitelime (small blind) showed [Th 3d] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 2: David Singer (big blind) showed [8h 8c] and won (119,400) with two pair, Nines and Eights